Mike Tice
Mike Tice
Michael Peter Ticeis the offensive line coach for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He was the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings from 2002 to 2005. He was also formerly the offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth2 February 1959
CountryUnited States of America
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I will go out in the morning and visit with everybody, answer the questions that I am asked. Maybe give a state of the team address if they ask, proceed from there and go back to work.
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He's not very happy. Would you be? You're in a heated battle to win a starting job. You get told by your head coach in the morning that you're going to be a backup. I thought he played well Friday night, but this gives us the best chance to be successful. As a team player I am sure he is accepting it. I'm certainly sure he doesn't like it.
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There are going to be factions in the building, ... There are guys that want Mooch to be there, and there are guys that might be happy he is gone.
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The players right now, like the coaches, are searching for an identity, ... With new players on defense, they are trying to find a balance of what we want to do and what the players do best. I think that is still, unfortunately, a work in progress and will be for a number of weeks.
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This young man averaged 1.87 (seconds) get-off in the game. Virtually, you could have a guy run free and he can't block the kick. So that's the great thing.
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With all the young guys, D'Wayne was falling on the depth chart. It was not fair to keep him and then possibly cut him down the line.
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We're going to be as good as anybody offensively, ... Our quarterback is in a zone.
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best young lineman we've brought in since Birk (sixth-round pick in 1998).
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Atrocious, ... We were out of rhythm, so we have a lot of work to do on the offensive side of the ball. A lot of work to do.
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We moved the ball well all preseason, but we've shot ourselves in the foot too. We're not playing our best football right now, and I don't want us to play our best right now.
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We moved the ball well all preseason, but we've shot ourselves in the foot, too, ... We're not playing our best football right now, and I don't want us to play our best right now.
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When we looked at our team, the one thing we felt we lacked was veteran leadership and consistency as far as playmakers on defense,
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We'll have to wait a couple of weeks for the swelling to go down and get prepared for surgery in the next few weeks. It's discouraging to us based on everything that has transpired to this point in the season. This is just another hurdle we have to overcome as a football team.
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I don't have any doubt that he will play. What level and how long will he be able to play? Come out for a couple plays, let it settle down and then go back in?